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May 27, 2013

She
made the debut in 1904 at Politeama Verdi of Carrara as Maddalena in ‘’Rigoletto’’. Since
1905 she appeared in different bigger theaters in the Italian province, thus in
1909 in the Teatro Regio of Parma
as an Erda in ‘’Siegfried’’ and in Donizetti’s ‘’Maria de Rohan’’. At the
height of her career she went in 1920 to Germany, married there and now
appeared under the name Eugenie Heilbrunn. Still in 1932 she made under this
name Ultraphon records on which she sings in German. Because she was a Jew, she
had to finish her career (and probably also her stay) in Germany after
1933, however, nothing was to be brought about her other destiny up to now in
experience.

He
studied singing in St. Petersburg
under N. Spasski, who trained him as bass. He took vocal lessons also from R.
Nuvel-Nordi. From 1912 to 1916 he sang at the St. Petersburg Musical Drama and
at the National House (1913—18). Appeared also in Moscow. In 1919 Iwanzoff went to Germany and
during the 1920’s made guest appearances in Paris (Grand Opera, 1921), Berlin,
Madrid, Barcelona (1921, 1922), on italian cities, Washington, D.C., New York. In
1930’s Iwanzoff lived in USA,
where he started to sing with success as tenor in ‘’The Queen of Spades’’
of P. Tchaikovsky and in other operas.

Chronology of some appearances

1912-1916 St. Petersburg Musical Drama1913—1918 St. Petersburg National HouseRECORDINGS FOR SALE

He studied at the Conservatorio Rossini in Pesaro and under Antonio Cotogni in Rome. He made his debut in 1899 at the Teatro
Verdi as the King's Herald in ''Lohengrin''. during of two years he sang in different Italian stages
and in 1901 emigrated to North America. Then
in San Francisco
he lived as a railroad worker and docker, nevertheless, took wide singing
lessons. On a recommendation of Enrico Caruso impresario Scognamillo engaged
there him in his opera troup, which also belonged Luisa Tetrazzini and with
which he travelled in the 1905-06 season Mexico,
the Caribbean islands, the Antilles and Venezuela. During this tour he had
big success. Then he returned in 1906 to Italy. Here he debuted in 1907 at
the the Teatro Regio of Parma
as Amonasro in ''Aida'' since then he performed in the big Italian stages with
great success. He sang regularly at La Scala and at the Teatro Costanzi of Rome, where he also
appeared in 1910 in the premiere of Leoncavallo's ''Maia''. In 1914 he
appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa
in the Italian première of E. Wolf Ferrari's ''I Gioielli della
Madonna''. In 1913 he sang at the Teatro Reale of Madrid, in 1914 at the Arena di Verona. Still
during the 1930's he appeared in the Italian broadcasting company and guested in
the Italian opera houses of Turin and Palermo. His star role
was the Jack Rance in Puccini's opera ''La Fanciulla del West''. Puccini called
him jokingly 'Il principe degli sceriffi'. In 1919 he guested at the Teatro
Colón, Buenos Aires.
He also appeared as a guest in Paris and Warsaw. In 1925 he
appeared at the Teatro Regio, Turin
in the Italian première of Rimsky-Korssakov's 'The golden cock''. Still in 1938
he has appeared as a guest at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels. His repertoire enclosed more than
70 roles. Only in 1940 he retired from the stage and then lived as a pedagogue
in Milan. His
repertoire was basically Verdi and verismo. The voice was really good, with an
sickly sweet timbre, but also powerful and imperious, as needed. A true dramatic
baritone. However, his technique is not really as refined as Battistini's or
some other baritones we have already discussed in the thread. More like the
verismo school. Instead of singing the aria, sometimes he just battled it to
submission.

She studied with the baritone Eugenio Laban and
made her debut in 1905 at Bosque of Barcellona in ‘’Aida’’. She spent the
period of the Great War in Greece
where she perfomed on many Greek stages. After her withdraw, which happened in
1934, she devoted herself to teaching and Victoria De Los Angeles was her
pupil. In 1908 the composer Attilio Morandi wanted to devote her the romance
"Ave Spes".

He studied at the Liceo Musicale Benedetto
Marcello of Venice,
from where he graduated in 1902 as bass. Then additionally he trained at Saffo
Bellincioni school under Lelio Casini and Schneider. Rossi made his debut in
1906 at the Sociale Broni in ‘’Traviata’’. He retired from the stage in 1926
and died at mental hospital.

May 25, 2013

Trained as a church chorister he studied
singing privately while employed in a bank. After a debut in operetta, he sang
first with the opera company at the Solodovnikov Theatre in 1903 before joining
the Bolshoi, where he sang in the seasons 1904-1915. In 1908-9 and 1915-17, he
sang with the Zimin company, Moscow,
as well as in recitals. In 1907 Gryzunov with great success appeared at
La Scala.

First she studied piano under Antonio Quartero
in Turin and
appeared already in 1894 publicly as a pianist. Then she also been active as an
actress and as a concert singer. her debut as an opera singer occurred in 1908
in Bologna as
Philine in ‘’Mignon’’ of A. Thomas. In 1911 she performed at La Scala
(beginning role: Carolina
in ‘’Il matrinonio segreto’’ of Cimarosa). In 1911 she sang at La Scala in the
première of ‘’Der Rosenkavalier’’ of Richard Strauss the role
of Sophie. The same part brought her in 1914 to appear at Rome Opera. At
La Scala she appeared also in 1913 as Colombina in ‘’Le donne curiose’’
of E. Wolf-Ferrari. Arturo Toscanini admired her voice very much. At the Teatro
Colón in Buenos Aires
she sang in the première of E.Wolf-Ferrari’s ‘’Il segreto di Susanna’’, also in
Verdi’s ‘’Ballo in Maschera’’ and in ‘’La Wally’’ of Catalani. In 1916 she made
guest appearance at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo
in ‘’Traviata’’, then in 1920 as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’, in the 1920-21
season and in 1924 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. At La Scala she sang among other
things in 1925 in ‘’Hansel and Gretel’’ and in 1927 in ‘’Rosenkavalier’’ of R.
Strauss together with Spanish Mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia with whom she was
connected friendly. On 27.3.1917 she perfomed at the opera house of Monte Carlo in the
premiere of Puccini’s ‘’La Rondine’’ as Lisetta. In 1924 she sang there in the
premiere of Chabrier’s new opera ‘’Une Éducation of manquée’’.
Nevertheless, her career with her appearances reached the climax at La Scala
After her retirement from the stage in 1934 she worked at the conservatory of
Venice, then at the conservatory of Bologna and at the Accademia Chigiana of
Siena; later she was active as a pedagogue in Milan.

Born in New York City
as Eleanora Broadfoot, she received her earliest education at St. Agnes
Seminary in Brooklyn. She studied singing
under Mme. Murio Celli in New York,
and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1899. In 1901 she married
Count François G. de Cisneros, a Cuban journalist. Between 1900 and 1906 she
sang in more than 40 operatic roles in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, St. Petersburg, London, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and Melbourne. In 1907 she
was Oscar Hammerstein's leading mezzo soprano at the Manhattan Opera House, New York. In 1910 she
joined the Chicago Opera Company. During World War I she was a major promoter
of liberty bonds.

May 18, 2013

He made in 1892 at La Pergola in Florence
in Pescatori di Perle. He enjoyed excellent reputation and had a long career.
According to chronicles of that was appreciated as Beckmesser in Meistersinger
and sang the opera many times in different theaters. In 1894 he performed in
the new opera of Leoncavallo "I Medici" at the Dal Verme in Milan and later in Naples
in the role of Poliziano. In 1896 he was the first Schaunard in Genoa at the Politeama
Genovese. In 1899 he took part in a very long tour in the United States.
In 1901 he was cast in the first of the new Scala opera of Mascagni "The
Masks" and sang the character of Tartaglia and also sang here in Boheme
with Caruso and Carelli, and in the same year sang at the Principal of Mexico
City and in other Mexican cities (It is said that in Mexico reached a
popularity so great that we were selling the sweets with his effigy reproduced
on paper). In 1902 took part in the tour mascagniana in the U.S., appearing
in ''Iris''. His career ended in 1917, the year of his death.